Ethiopia

Official name:
the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Native name:
ኢትዮጵያ
Capital:
Addis Abeba
ISO country code
ET
Nat. statistical agency:
CSA
Population (2010-07-01):
88,013,491 (CIA)
Area:
1,127,127 sq.km.
Region:
Eastern Africa

Census Results

1984-05-09 : 42,616,876
1994-10-11 : 53,477,265
2007-05-28 : 73,918,505

Ethiopia

Administrative units

astedader / kililcapitalarea (sq.km.)population
1994-10-11
census		population
2007-05-28
census
source: CSA, Ethiopia.
note: total for 2007 includes several "special enumeration areas" with a total population of 96,570. Afdem & Mulo Special Enumeration 91,261 (of Which Moyale Spec. Enum. 43,241 and Afdem Spec. Enum. 48,020); Meda Welabu Spec. Enum. 4,560; Mulo Spec. Enum. 749.
note: total population size of Affar and that of Country Total includes the estimated population of eight rural kebeles (21,410) in Elidar wereda (Affar Region).
note: total population figures for the Affar and Somali Regions refer to the counted population of the regions as of November 29, 2007.
note: YeDebub Biheroch Bihereseboch na Hizboch stands for The State of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' (SNNPR).
note: Astedader = administration; kilil = state; semen = north; debub = south; misrak = east; mirab = west.
Addis Ababa AstedaderAddis Ababa5302,100,0312,738,248
Affar KililAysaita96,8481,051,6411,411,092
Amhara KililBahir Dar159,17413,270,89817,214,056
Benishangul-Gumuz KililAsosa49,289460,325670,847
Dire Dawa AstedaderDire Dawa1,213248,549342,827
Gambella KililGambella25,802162,271306,916
Harari KililHarar311130,691183,344
Oromia KililFinfine353,00718,465,44927,158,471
Somali KililJijiga327,0683,144,9634,439,147
Tigray KililMekele50,0793,134,4704,314,456
YeDebub Biheroch Bihereseboch na Hizboch KililAwassa112,34310,377,02815,042,531
total 1,127,12751,766,23973,918,505

Main cities

namepopulation
1994-07-01
estimate		population
2007-05-28
census		latitude /
longitude
Addis Ababa2,084,5882,738,2489.02/38.74
Dire Dawa164,851342,8279.60/41.86
Hawassa City69,169259,8037.05/38.48
Adama (Nazret)127,842222,0358.54/39.27
Bahir Dar96,140220,34411.59/37.38
Mekele96,938215,54613.49/39.47
Gondar112,249206,98712.61/37.46
Harar76,378183,3449.31/42.12
Dessie97,314151,09411.12/39.64
Jimma88,867120,6007.66/36.84
Shashemene..102,0627.20/38.60
Bishoftu (Debre Zeyit)73,372100,1148.74/38.98
source: CSA, Ethiopia.
note: numbers from the 2007 census are preliminary results.